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Are you someone who is on their social media constantly? Most people are. However, even though many people check and update their social medias daily, they don’t always update their profile pictures. A survey conducted by http://www.bidvine.com found that the average social media profile picture is 2 years old. Bidvine asked 2,000 British social media users, and online dating users, how up-to-date their personal profile pictures were. The results were a little unexpected. They found that profile pictures can be up to 4 years old. They also found that online dating app users, such as users on Tinder or Grindr, were more likely to change their profile pictures more frequently. Some users changed their pictures every 2-3 weeks. Dating website users, though, might only change their images every 3-4 years. …

Facebook replaced MySpace as the top social networking site in the world. It’s one of the only places where you can chat with former high school and college friends, your aunts and uncles and people you never even met before. When it comes to applying for a new job, you need to go over your Facebook page with a fine tooth comb and remove anything that casts a negative light on you. Even if you set your profile to private, potential employers can still see pictures and other things you posted online. Negative Pictures You have complete control over the photos you post online. Facebook gives users the right to tag photos of their friends and family. Once someone tags you in an image, the image appears inside your pictures. …

Each morning I wake up, grab a cup of coffee and scroll down through the newsfeed of my Facebook app while I cook my children their breakfast. I see happiness, sadness, anger and more happiness shared by others. I watch as the “likes” on their status updates increase, some get over 100 likes with maybe 2 comments. I thought about that; are we too busy to pause and take a moment to leave a comment with our Facebook friends? These are people we chose to connect with, have a Facebook friendship with or maybe even are friends in real life with. Do these people not deserve us to take the time to leave a genuine comment? I have read a few articles from other people who did an experiment, they …